How to Gybe/Jibe a Sail Boat (Sailing Virgins) Ep. 23
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- How to Gybe (aka Jibe) a Sail Boat
If you want to refine jibing/gybing IRL, get yourself on one of our ASA courses, as this is a critical skill for your 103/104 certification, as taught in our Intermediate Course :) sailingvirgins...
Introduction
Gybing (aka Jibing) is turning a boat so its stern passes through the wind. It is the opposite of a tack.
The angle that the boat will turn in a typical gybe is around 60-100 degrees
Two types of gybing are covered here: standard jibe and slam jibe
Some people are afraid of gybing. However, it is fine if a decent method is followed.
When hearing the term “gybe”, think “mainsheet”. This is the most important line in a gybe.
Gybing the foresail is no big deal, just don’t dump the old working sheet (if the sail goes in front of the boat, it could take you ages to get it back in)
If all else fails, wear round (other names for this are Chicken Gybe and perhaps Wending)
Pre-Gybe
Helm brings the boat to between a broad reach and dead run. Then the helm makes the call “Prepare To Gybe” (or whatever is agreed on your boat - some people prefer "Standby To Gybe")
Secure the traveller
Get out of the “hot zone” (where the mainsheet will cross the boat)
Don’t sit on the coamings (above the seat in a cockpit) or else you may get intimate with a winch.
Standard Gybe Steps
Bring the mainsheet in so the boom is near the center
Helm makes the call “Turning” then starts the turn
Mainsheet trimmer removes the handle
Helm makes call “Gybe…. HO” with the HO happening when the leech flips over
Helm counter-steers to ensure the boat stays on a straight heading
Mainsheet trimmer eases the mainsheet
Ease foresail working sheet while taking in on the opposite sheet
Slam Gybe Steps
Ensure the mainsheet zone is clear and traveller is centered
Put the vang on in order to pull down the boom (and tension the leech)
Helm makes the call “Standby to Gybe”, then “Turning” at which point he starts the turn
Make sure someone (it could be the helm) guides the mainsheet across
Smooth Gybe
You want to keep the speed of your boat up during a gybe
This reduces the stress on your rigging and makes the gybe much smoother
Bring the mainsheet in, and just when it’s close to center, start the turn
As soon as the gybe-ho call happens, ease out the mainsheet and counter-turn the wheel.
Summary
Gybing is safe if done properly
Lock your traveler, think about the mainsheet
Counter-turn as soon as the boat gybes, to stop risk of heading straight into a close haul on teh other tack
Ease that mainsheet as soon as the boat gybes
Be clear on your calls
Have fun!
Sailor cred - thanks to our crew (alphabetical order):
Ardit Skora, David Granat, Leonardo Moreira, Michael Nasca, Paula Lopez
Video cred:
Thanks Forrest Ladkin you legend, and thanks Celine for the transitions/titles
Email forrest@sailingvirgins.com if you want to get in touch with Forrest direct.
Music cred:
(00:02) Bassackwards by Kurt Vile
(05:34) Brad Sucks by Bad Signs
(09:22) Above the Clouds (feat. Olivia Reid) by SŸDE
You can find these songs and more in our Sailing Virgins Spotify playlist: open.spotify.c...
A channel that actually knows what they’re talking about!! Well done guys 👍
You deserve much more subscribers and viewes! You have great tutorials! Keep doing like that!
Viktor Stojic thanks you legend!
Great video guys! I was gonna watch your med mooring vid again today 😂 but I dodged the bullet on the Q dock at Cavtat this morning! Just anchored and luckily they didn’t care! I’ll keep in touch and buy you that beer somewhere in this crazy world! 🤙
So glad to see you guys posting again. Please continue posting. I love this channel.
Just wanted to say thanks for your videos. The one on Knots was particularly helpful. I had been confused by knots but the way you filmed and explained the essential knots was awesome. More on manoeuvring in close quarters, Marina berthing, and picking up mooring buoys would be good👍🏻
Your instruction would be more valuable if most of the time the camera is aiming at the sail, traveller, the sheet instead of the instructors' face.
Thanks
Anderson Gary Lewis Eric Wilson Richard
I hope that we'll meet one's on the Adriatic... to drink some good wine and say something about sailing. THANKS guys
Great vid!...the dalmation coast is amazing. Just got back from cruising there! PS the food is off the hook good!
Love these videos and have learned a lot, you guys are living the dream....enjoy !
VG TY! Maybe a word or two about preventers?
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Wonderful - doing my day skipper theory at the moment and then the practical in the UK Solent:-) wish I was there in the sunshine - awesome videos and thanks for some great education too - inspiring and a delight to watch :-)
I'm doing Day Skipper practical atm in Croatia and the area looks very much like on the video.
Just picked up on your channel and enjoying the Videos. My wife and I sail "short handed", just the 2 of us, and for gybing we centre the mainsail, gybe the genoa and then let the mainsheet out again on the other side. Would we be better gybing the mainsail, letting the genoa back fill, then gybe the genoa? Thanks for the channel
Hi Dave, thanks for your question. It sounds like you have a good system going. A rough rule of thumb with tacking/gybing is to prioritise the sail that 'sees the wind first'. Having said that, the main thing with a gybe is centering the mainsail, which you put at the beginning of your maneuver: this is crucial in terms of safety and general control. Everything else is whatever works best for you based on boat/crew/conditions. The method you mentioned is totally legit, particularly because a genoa is a larger sail and is therefore more consequential than a jib, so after centering the main, you can get to work on the genoa as you mentioned. Hope that helps!
Day 3 of sailing class and I found the perfect video here. Thanks, guys!
Nice educational video!
I remember taking sailing lessons as a kid. Small boat. Our final test was 2 kids in a boat, one helmed to the island (not far) and the other the way back. The instructor rode alongside in a Boston Whaler. I sailed out and passed. The other kid was a pure adrenalin junkie. He yelled "I'm gybing" and I said sure! The next thing I know we're both swimming. Capsized. The instructor towed us in. And says that's why you don't f'ing slam gybe you rubes...
Great video as always, thanks for these valuable advices!
Love watching your videos. Outside your age range to join you. Just completed my Competent Crew. Keep making more... I love your vibe and informative talks! Awesome job lovely people!
Angie Brown thanks!
Great video, thank you! Very helpful. And I really liked the music! Please share the playlist :)
The best. Thanks
Excellent!
Cool video , very intresting !!!!!
10:46 nice 👍
Under what circumstances would you want to jybe? Emergency avoidance?
Nice work mates😎👌
Excellent video guys. The drone footage in addition was soooper
I love that there’s Kurt vile playing in the background. 10/10
I like your videos. One comment... The music in the background makes it difficult to focus on what you're saying.
I most definitely enjoyed the video. 50 years sailing but took about 3 years off the water and glad to get a refresher from some Top Notch sailors.
1. Helm checks for traffic
2. Captain calls out “Prepare to Gybe”
3. Main sheet Brought into the center
4. As soon as the boom gets close to center, Helm calls: “Turning”
5. Mainsheet (winch handle out, ready to ease the main sheet.
6. Helmsman calls, “Gyyyyyyybbe....... Ho!” On ‘Ho’ is when the Leech of the mainsail is flipped over to the other side.
7. Helm (counter steers) then brings the rudder back to center.
8. Ease out the main. Trim. Bring the jib across.
Is this an okay expansion of your steps?
Nice! Spot on. 👌
Brilliant, just learning, old dog new tricks, explained a lot.
In preparation of getting back into sailing after 10 years, this tutorial is mean as. Cheers legends 🤙🏼
What took you guys so long?!? I thought you were done. Glad you're back though
Thanks Wojtek! What should our future episodes be about? We find that to be difficult!
@@SailingVirgins Not sure if this fits into your type of content but how about an episode about the different ways in which various countries expect you to check-in when first arriving on their shores. Seems like every Caribbean island has its own rules and I assume the same applies for countries around the med...? It might interesting for those who are considering cruising between multiple countries.
@@SailingVirgins how to use vhf?
Great to learn something rather than just being envious of everyone enjoying sailing.
Lately cruising yachts operate main sheet and head sheet at the same winch. How do you gybe those boats?
really? I have not seen that... I know our boat has dedicated head sheet winches and a dedicated main winch
@@sailingavocet Sun Odyssey 449, Dufour 460 GL (you can't even block the headsheet), ...
Then you have 3 sheets on 2 winches.
Looks like manufacturers try to save money on winches.
@@ulrichmiller4120 interesting. like I said, our boat is a bit different. We live aboard a 1979 Cheoy Lee 41
Thanks for sharing your adventures and lessons!
Well done boys this is really great content.
really well done guys!
Your videos are suberb!
Who sings that song? Love it! Great videos guys!
Haha that was Celine capturing Jack and James one night in Martinique after some great French red. :)
Slam gybes scare me, much rather sheet in the main.
In light winds-as long as they are done deliberately-they are fine Brian. :)
You have great energy, thanks
Looking forward to seeing more posts
I just subscribed because it's educational and not some trust fund kids vanity video
"Collected by the main sheet"
You mean getting fucking slapped by the sail
Lose the background "music" - very distracting
And it's "Jibe".
...depends where you're from! Let the great jibe/gybe debate continue...